object_delimiter Property

The delimiter string to use when listing objects.

Syntax

def get_object_delimiter() -> str: ...
def set_object_delimiter(value: str) -> None: ...

object_delimiter = property(get_object_delimiter, set_object_delimiter)

Default Value

""

Remarks

If this property is non-empty when list_objects or list_versions is called, any objects (or object versions) whose names contain the same string between the specified object_prefix and the first occurrence of the specified delimiter that follow will be rolled up into a "common prefix" element, which is returned in place of the individual objects themselves.

The on_prefix_list event will fire once for each common prefix returned. If the StorePrefixList configuration setting is enabled, the class will also populate the PrefixCount and Prefix[i] configuration settings

Object Hierarchy Traversal

By using the object_delimiter and object_prefix properties in tandem, applications can effectively "traverse" a virtual hierarchy of objects (or object versions) as if it were a filesystem. For example, assume that objects with the following names exist within a bucket:

• MyCompany/
• MyCompany/Department1/
• MyCompany/Department2/
• MyCompany/Department2/EmployeeA
• MyCompany/Department2/EmployeeB

With object_delimiter set to /, we can set object_prefix to successively "deeper" values before calling list_objects or list_versions for the following effect: